Instant Pot Strawberry Shortcake Cheesecake Bites

February 24, 2023 Amanda Plott

I know that I’ve made mini cheesecakes in the instant pot before, but I still have some strawberry powder and strawberry cheesecake crumbs that I need to use up and for whatever ever reason it just seemed fitting to put them together in these Instant Pot Strawberry Shortcake Cheesecake Bites.

The way I was able to pack so much strawberry flavor into these cheesecakes was to use a strawberry powder. It’s basically freeze dried strawberries that have been ground down to a fine powder. That’s it. That’s all. Nothing more added than that - no added colors or artificial flavors there. Just pure strawberry goodness!…

Instant Pot Chocolate Lava Cakes

February 20, 2023 Amanda Plott

Yep. That’s right, you can make delicious chocolate lava cakes right in your pressure cooker in no time at all. These Instant Pot Chocolate Lava Cakes couldn’t be more simple to make with just a handful of ingredients and a few minutes of hands on time you can have dessert ready to impress! What’s better is that these cakes are low carb naturally.

I lightened these up by swapping out ALL of the sugar for a natural sweetener. I went with a stevia that measures cup for cup like sugar, but you could really go with any natural sweeter that measures just the same…

Air Fryer S'mores

February 17, 2023 Amanda Plott

It’s true. You don’t need a campfire to make a s’more! You can make a s’more in the comfort of your home with the same basic ingredients and an air fryer. One of the best parts is that you can have several of them done at the same time with no fussing around with sticks! Being as s’mores only require a whopping three ingredients, there isn’t much to make better-for-you here outside of the chocolate and graham crackers.

I went with a low fat graham and you can definitely swap in some dark chocolate instead of milk chocolate here too. Outside of that? A s’more is a s’more…

Strawberry Shortcake Waffles

February 14, 2023 Amanda Plott

I’ve made strawberry waffles before, but I was in a bit of a rush today so I thought instead of making them from scratch, I’d save some time with a box mix. Also, there’s a trick to packing as much strawberry goodness into baked goods as possible without adding moisture and that’s by way of powder!

I added plenty of dried strawberry powder to my favorite protein packed waffle mix along with some vanilla to doctor it up as well. Now, what really makes this strawberry shortcake waffles is the crumble. It’s the same crumble that they use on those strawberry shortcake ice creams from childhood. You know the ones…

Chunky Monkey Waffles

February 2, 2023 Amanda Plott

We all know that fun flavor of ice cream ‘chunk monkey’. It’s been one of my favorite of Ben & Jerry’s ever since I knew of it’s existence. It’s certainly not common to come across a banana ice cream, but let me just say, it’s so so good. Something about the banana and the chocolate chunks and pieces of walnut are amazing.

Sometimes I like to pair those three things together in other dessert or breakfast dishes to get that same trio of deliciousness. These Chunky Monkey Waffles are super easy to make with a power protein mix and then of course the chunk monkey add ins of banana, chocolate, and nuts!…

Extra Cheesy Baked Macaroni (Mac Hack)

January 30, 2023 Amanda Plott

Sometimes you just have to be a little cheesy. But today, we’re going to be extra cheesy! This Extra Cheesy Baked Macaron is made all in ONE PAN and is tossed together to bake up in the oven in just over half an hour. The best part is? It’s some of the most rich, creamy, decadent macaroni dishes that you’ll ever make. That blue box of powdered crap has nothing on these noods!

I’ve heard about this hack before of being able to one pan macaroni in the oven, but I’d never tried it until today. I’ll be honest in saying that I was super impressed that it worked so well! I mean, why would you make macaroni any other way?…